Coronavirus - "Touch me not!"

कोरोनाख्यविषाणूनां स्पर्शाद् भीतोऽस्म्यहं प्रिये । 

प्रीतिस्ते मयि चेन्मा मा स्पृश मा मां कदाचन ।। 

O my dear! I am scared of the touch of the Coronavirus.  If you really love me, please don't don't don't ever touch me.

Madhav M. Deshpande

Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]